How do we retain talent in KW?

[goggolor]

I agree that the music scene is lacking, even compared to other comparably-sized cities in Ontario (Guelph and London both seem to get more variety of live music). It's the #1 reason I'd want to live elsewhere, and it's odd to me that a city our size with a large student population doesn't have more variety of venues and music. I often see Canadian bands I like do tours of Southern Ontario playing everywhere except for Kitchener-Waterloo. Part of the problem is that we're in Toronto's shadow, not far enough to develop our own music culture like, say, Halifax - any good band I know moves to Toronto fairly quickly.